The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-04-21


came ont, and collect the duty from
him a wolkingman would 60 in and
buy, | Us say five pounds of sugar
and s. worth of wOolenS for his wife
and babies. The prices in the store
would be very reasonable. He would
get probably five pounds of sugar for =
II quarter, and eight yards of pretty
good fiannels for 81. He pays the
shop keeper the So % and starts out.
AT The door Uncle Sans official stops
him and makes him show up his
packages On the fl ve pounds of sugar
he collects 25 cents tariff, and on eight
yards of flannel he collects 81 more
tariff 20 that the wOikingman would
at once see that he had to pay the full
value of what he bought into the Gov.
ernment treasury in the shape OF taxes
Then he would fully understand just
how great the burden of unnecessary
tariff taxation was upon him. Under
this system of collecting the customs
duties directly from the customer, how
long do you suppose it would be be-
fore there was a tariff revision ??
Mr.. Hill seems to speak emphatic
ally upon this subject. How do you
Re concile the proposed revision of the
tariff and the threats of the opponents
of the measure, that, should the tariff
be reduced, you, as a manufacturer,
would be obliged to I" shut up shop?"
These annual scares are bald non
sense. The employees of the country
are fast learning that being obliged to
pay high rents, fifty per cent. tax on
the necessaries of life, with work only
a part of tue time, the m arket for their
| IN II m ai tn 10 country nnlV
so that as soon as a certain quantity is
produced they must stop to allow the
} consumption to catch up, aggregated
wealth assuming monopolistic tenden-
cies, &C., they are fast becoming satis-
, fed that something is wrong in the
/ present system. Why, under former
Democratic administrations when the
merchant marine of America whiten
ed every sea, vessel could take the
entire yearly product of a glass factory
r like mine in her hold and, dispose of
t it abroad, thus depicting the stock ut
home, and making demand for the
: natural production. With the cheap
I ened raw materials, under properly
l revised tariff, wages need not necessa-
e rily be materially reduced. and the
n purchasing power of the wages receiv-
!. ed would be nearly doubled. No, sir,
: the war taxes should be reduced in the
interest OF these very men whose prln
# ciple capital is their labor.
J. care you not afraid of losing votes
J. for the Democracy by speaking out
in meeting" even though the princi-
y piles are correct?"
~ 1t seems as though We had fooled
away enough time ON that notion. The
= only time we ever win is when we
r boldly proclaim our sentiments, ap'
;. pealing to the good judgment of the
business men of the country. Why
the great Labor agitatOr, Henry Georgs
the Hon. Abram s. Hewitt and Mr.
Roaseyeldt, the Republican and Dem
ocratic candidates for Mayor of New
York City at the last election, are al
Revenue Reformers. We pOminate,
and elected Samuel j. Ttlden, on tina
platform, and then in 80 We pandere
~ to the "vote getting" idea, and los
=. In 'S4 we nominated Cleveland, " fc
the enemies he had made" and took
bold stand for the business of til
country, and won. Maintain yol
-, convictions fearlessly ,and you're o /
"Who do you think would he I
- representative of the Democratic id,
~ election? ?''
|
D. There is no lack of timber. My oW
- opiuion is that could he be induced
a. accept, the Old Roman, Allen
-, Thurman, would be most acceptable
a., all concerned. In my judgment, he
,o the embodiment of Democracy, Il
great Senator, a man whom all class
, respect, and who. it nominated wou
-. most surely be elected, and thus p
~, Ohio again in the fore, as harding
of national success in 1888. Mr.. Thu
r. man would honor the State as its Go
49, ernor, and his ripe judgment wou
- guide our Legislators to domestic pro
.;., perity,
aa, eff found impossible to draft NJ
Thurman, who else is there?"
ven Hon. Thos. E. Powell, late Chai
man of our State Ex. Com, is prom
on nently mentioned. He possesses fiji
ink qualifications for the office-a got
the lawyer, a splendid orator, and Der
ocrat from birth, training and convi
;rst ton.
,ou Judge Geddes is also mentioned
a., would be eminently satisfactory.
uld Bon. Martin A. Foran is also brt
riff forward. he has shown great stayil
rn- qualities in the past, is a clever gentl
1t man, but should be kept in COngres
the where his services are valuable, al
,ers where his probable Republican 81
8 of cessor, should we nominate Fora
ury would be bad exchange.
'rn- Hon. Jas. E. Campbell, our han
)nd some Congressman from the Butt
lcel district, is also mentioned. He, pc
len sesses all the qualifications, but Il
col same objection applies to him as
an Foran, we want him in Congress. \
eds, Democrat could probably succeed hil
and his personal popularity having twi
cial overcome Republican majority.
o'3 Either of the above named gent
men would suit me. No doubt the co
the vention will be wise. This chOOsil
of candidates because they represent
'ers faction, either " Labor" ""greenback
III "hard money!" anti-saloon" or b
emu cause he is German, an Irishman,
prl- a g. Bourbon" is absolute folly. Let
49, choose thorough Democrat, for
on this the best conditions are re
war resented. Let us do as our brethrt
yes in the civ of CLEVELAND hsva don
ESQ where, being sustained by an able al
ode steadily improving democratic dai
ing paper, the Plain Dealer, they made
SEQ ticket that commanded and receiv,
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